Incident at Oglala

Incident at Oglala

89 mins | Documentary | May 8, 1992

On June 26, 1975, during a period of high tensions on the Pine Ridge reservation in South Dakota, two FBI agents were killed in a shootout with a group of Indians. Although several men were charged with killing the agents, only one, Leonard Peltier, was found guilty. This film describes the events surrounding the shootout and suggests that Peltier was unjustly convicted.

Incident at Oglala

89 mins | Documentary | May 8, 1992

Incident at Oglala
On June 26, 1975, during a period of high tensions on the Pine Ridge reservation in South Dakota, two FBI agents were killed in a shootout with a group of Indians. Although several men were charged with killing the agents, only one, Leonard Peltier, was found guilty. This film describes the events surrounding the shootout and suggests that Peltier was unjustly convicted.
IMDb rating 7.5
Producers Spanish Fork Motion Picture
Original title Incident at Oglala
Directors Michael Apted
Writers

Cast

Robert Redford

as Narrator

Leonard Peltier

as Himself

Norman Zigrossi

as Himself - Former Assistant FBI Regional Head, South Dakota

Robert Sikma

as Himself - Former Assistant U.S. Attorney

Darelle Butler

as Himself

Bob Robideau

as Himself

Norman Brown

as Himself

Duane Brewer

as Himself - Former Goon Squad Member

Calvin Jumping Bull

as Himself

William Muldrow

as Himself - U.S. Government Commission on Civil Rights

Dennis Banks

as Himself - Co-Founder American Indian Movement

James Abourezk

as Himself - Former U.S. Senator, South Dakota

Sam Loud Hawk

as Himself

Severt Young Bear

as Himself

John Trudell

as Himself - National Spokesperson, American Indian Movement

Kenneth Tilsen

as Himself - Wounded Knee Defense Attorney

Russell Means

as Himself - Co-Founder American Indian Movement

William Kunstler

as Himself - Wounded Knee Defense Attorney

William Janklow

as Himself - Former Governor, South Dakota

Deborah White Plume

as Herself

Bernice White Hawk

as Herself

Jeanette Eagle Hawk

as Herself

Beau Little Sky

as Himself

Wallace Little

as Himself

Nilak Butler

as Herself

Wilma Blacksmith

as Herself

Kenny Loud Hawk

as Himself

Morris Wounded

as Himself

Lou Bean

as Herself

Billy Bean

as Himself

Russell Loud Hawk

as Himself

Edward McManus

as Himself - Butler-Robideau Trial Judge

Bruce Ellison

as Himself - Defense Attorney

John Lowe

as Himself - Attorney for Bob Robideau and Leonard Peltier

Robert Bolin

as Himself - Jury Foreman, Butler-Robideau Trial

Lynn Crooks

as Himself - Assistant U.S. Attorney

Evan Hultman

as Himself - Former U.S. Attorney

Myrtle Poor Bear

as Herself

Warren Allmand

as Himself - Former Minister for Indian & Northern Affairs, Canada

Gerald Heaney

as Himself - Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit

Robert Ecoffey

as Himself - Investigator, Bureau of Indian Affairs Police

Clarence Kelly

as Himself - Director of the F.B.I.

Jean Bordeaux

as Herself

Marquetta Peltier

as Herself

Richard Wilson

as Himself - Tribal Council Chairman (archive footage)